Zapas

2016 | 87 minutes

Presented by the Persian Arts and Cultural Society of Ottawa (PACSO) and Aria Persys Film Production

Zapas” (Spare Tire) is a whos who of the comedic talent in Iranian cinema. Power couple Amir Jafari and Rima Raminfar star alongside TV superstar Javad Ezzati (also at CineIran with Paradise) and Ahmad Mehranfar (About Elly). When a local amateur football team is unexpectedly promoted to the professional league, their coach (Jafari) and the people of his small town scramble to prepare for glory, but the teams star player (Ezzati) suffers an untimely injury that rules him out of the season. A web of romantic misunderstandings, family fights and political haggling ensues in this raucously funny, relentlessly entertaining film.With English subtitles